Hi everyone ! My 964 has spent 2 years and 15.000 miles with me, but it is a tiptronic and sometimes at night I start dreaming myself driving a manual ( I swear I do) !! I'm in the process of selling my tip in favour of a manual , my 964 is almost sold, and I've started looking for something "new". After searching for 964s a bit frustrated I cought myself browsing through 996... There are quiet a few 996 here in Italy that have a new engine, and the prices are very intriguing, around 20.000 euros. I figured that in the 964 price range ( that's what I can afford) I could get a car with lower maintenance costs (964 is a plague) and with a very low mileage engine in a few words a no brainer. I figured that it might be a very good deal. I'm not shure about new 3.4 engines...are these replacement engines safer than the older engines ? Are all the problems fixed in these new engines ? The car has to be a daily drive as my 964 has been in the past 2 years. I drive from 8 to 10.000 miles each year... Thanks in advance for any advice !
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you should drive one first.... its nothing like the 964. If you like how it drives, then I would do more research.
^^ What he said. ^^ You'd almost swear they were made by different companies.
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